Direct from the HAL ROACH Studios, this is an ORIGINAL 8 x 10" Black & White PHOTOGRAPH with PRESS SNIPE still Attached to the Back of the Photo. PHOT BY STAX. It is a RARE vintage ORIGINAL item direct from the Hal Roach Studios, Hollywood California.This Photo was used to promote the 1936 comedy film short,Kelly the Second Director:Gus Meins Written by Jefferson Moffitt & William H. Terhune Produced by Hal Roach, Kelly the Second is one of the few feature films to capture the comic spirit of Roach's wonderful two-reelers. Patsy Kelly stars as Molly Kelly, who as the result of an unexpected street brawl becomes the trainer of truck-driver-turned-prizefighter Cecil Callahan (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams). It seems that Cecil is a gentle soul who turns into a fighting fool whenever he hears the strains of "The Irish Washerwoman." Molly talks her boss, druggist Doc Klum (Charley Chase), into financing Cecil's ring career, which gets Doc in dutch with gangsters Ike (Ed Brophy) and Spike (Harold Huber). When Cecil's head is briefly turned by Ike's moll Gloria (Pert Kelton), Molly walks out on him but returns in time to cheer him to victory in the inevitable Big Fight. Despite some formidable comic competition, the film is stolen by the great Charley Chase, in one of his few feature-film appearances. Kelly the Second also features unbilled cameos by such Hal Roach favorites as Max Davidson and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (Billy Gilbert, alas, was cut from the final release print); best of all, the musical score includes several familiar "background" themes by the inimitable LeRoy Shield. The entire cast included: Patsy Kelly ... Molly Patricia KellyGuinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Cecil Joseph CallahanCharley Chase ... Dr. J. Willoughby KlumPert Kelton ... GloriaEdward Brophy ... Ike ArnoldHarold Huber ... SpikeMax 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Butch Flynn (as Maxie Rosenbloom)DeWitt Jennings ... Judge (as DeWitt C. Jennings)Syd Saylor ... DanPhoto features Charley & GUINn Big Boy Williams. It's in good SHAPE for it's age. No rips or tears just curls up from age and has yellowed a lot for being over 70 years old!!! ALL ORIGINAL! MORE INFORMATION ON CHARLEY CHASE: Brother of James Parrott Entered films in 1912. In an interview with Hal Roach on the David Letterman show Hal said that Chase auditioned for him by saying he could play ANY part. Chase then proceeded to do his impression of a lighthouse by turning his head around in a circle, stopping straight forward with his eyes wide open after each rotation. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 102-103. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 2 daughters - Pauline (Polly) and June Directed short comedies under his birth name, Charles Parrott.MORE INFO ON PATSY KELLY: She teamed up with Thelma Todd in a series of 2 reelers 1931-35. She won a tony in 1971 for "No, No, Nannette" Her brother gave her the nickname "Patsy." Frank Fay, her boss at one point, developed a crush on her, but she rejected him. Later, when she called him "Frank" instead of Mr. Fay, he fired her. Won Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "No, No, Nannette. She was again nominated in the same category in 1973 for "Irene." In 1934, she was the only passenger in an automobile on the Santa Monica pier driven by actor and female impersonator Gene Malin. He accidentally backed the car off the pier and subsequently drowned. Kelly survived. MORE INFO ON HAL ROACH: Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York in 1892. After working as, among other things, a gold prospector, he wound up in Hollywood and began picking up jobs as an extra in comedies, where he met comedian Harold Lloyd. He began producing, directing and writing a series of short film comedies starring Lloyd around 1915. These were quite successful, and Roach started his own production company and eventually bought his own studio. By the early 1920s he had eclipsed Mack Sennett as the King of Comedy and created many of the most memorable comic series of all time, even by today's standards. These include the team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase and The Little Rascals. By the late 1930s Roach's formula for success was jeopardized by audience demands for bigger, feature-length productions, and he was forced to try his hand at making full-length screwball comedies, musicals and dramas, although he still kept turning out two-reel comedies. By the 1950s he was producing mainly for television. In 1983 his company developed the first successful digital colorization process. Roach then became a producer for many TV series on the Disney Channel, and his company still produces most of their films and videos. Finding anything ORIGINAL on Thelma Todd or from the Hal Roach Studios is extremely RARE so don't let this one pass you by! A Fantastic find for the TRUE Hal Roach collector! Finding anything ORIGINAL on CHARLEY CHASE or from the Hal Roach Studios is extremely RARE so don't let this one pass you by! A Fantastic find for the TRUE Chase or Hal Roach collector! Shop with confidence! This is part of our in-store inventory from our shop which is has been located in the heart of Hollywood where we have been in business for OVER 37 years! It is part of our in-store inventory from our shop which is located in the heart of Hollywood where we have been in business for the past 37 years! 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